Ed. Sp. = Edmund Spenser

In verse

Title within woodcut border; head-pieces; initials

Signatures: A-Z

"The teares of the muses", "Prosopopoia", and "Muiopotmos" each have separate title pages, the last dated 1590; register is continuous

The last leaf is blank

Library copy wants final blank leaf

In library copy, leaves X3 and Y2 are mis-signed B3 and Y3, respectively

Bound in gilt-tooled full red morocco by F. Bedford

(from title leaf verso) 1. The ruines of time -- 2. The teares of the muses -- 3. Virgils gnat -- 4. Prosopopoia, or Mother Hubberds tale -- 5. The ruines of Rome: by Bellay -- 6. Muiopotmos, or The tale of the butterflie -- 7. Visions of the worlds vanitie -- 8. Bellayes visions -- 9. Petrarches visions

STC (2nd ed.)

Pforzheimer

ESTC

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